%0 Journal Article
%T Spinal anaesthesia for single level spine surgery: comparison between bupivacaine with fentanyl and bupivacaine with clonidine
%A Nandini D. Prasad
%A R. Madhava Reddy
%A Rashmi S. Shankar
%J Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology
%D 2019
%R 10.4038/slja.v27i1.8391
%X <p><strong>Background:</strong></p><p>Spinal anaesthesia is safe and effective for lumbar spine surgeries. Adequate analgesia and patient¡¯s comfort are to be taken care of in prone position. So, we compared fentanyl and clonidine added to bupivacaine in patients undergoing single level spine surgery under spinal anaesthesia.</p><p>£¿</p><p><strong>Materials and methods:</strong></p><p>Sixty patients aged 18 and 50 years of either sex were randomly allocated into two groups. Group F received 50¦̀g of fentanyl and group C received 50¦̀g of clonidine as adjuvants to 3ml of 0.5% bupivacaine. Duration of analgesia, sedation and patient¡¯s comfort were assessed.</p><p>£¿</p><p><strong>Results:</strong></p><p>Duration of analgesia was 193.5¡À15.6 and 440.7¡À31.9 minutes in group F and group C respectively. All patients in group C were comfortable in prone position. 4 patients in fentanyl group received propofol infusion.</p><p>£¿</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p>Intrathecal fentanyl and clonidine are safe and effective adjuvants to bupivacaine in prone position whereas clonidine is better in providing intraoperative patient¡¯s comfort and postoperative analgesia
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